The government will always find a vendetta against people. In this case they have something to anchor to, basically a historical paper trail used to manipulate you.

No, they don't. Encryption works

all Western states

The 1000 Chinese IPs trying to get into my router every hour aren't doing it just so you could ignore them

that's what the whole eu thing is about. not asking the people, but the genocidal paedophiles opinions.

In fact, i've scratched it off my list of places to see before i die. This is a country where it is illegal to bring a bottle of wine home from the restaurant but ut's legal to carry a gun in your car.

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Social media handles? Really?

it's the second option?

They'll get my data even tho I'll never put step there?

In 2022, the US government announced that it would require access to biometric databases of countries if they wish to keep visa exemption for their citizens travelling to the US, including European Union (EU) Member States.

No, fuck you it's only for the Europeans (white straight, cis, neurotypical, from a middle class proletariat position higher) probably.

This is the case now.

US is adding extra requirements to keep the status quo.

Now either EU accepts it (this proposal) or hard line (and consider that US has other ways to access the data of Europeans). Problem is that if the EU decides to not give access, likely on this administration they will stop EU to enter visa free.

Exactly like for the tariffs, EU can either do the same or accept the US citizens visa free.

Typically this would mean require visa for US citizens that means a lot of lost opportunities for everyone (exactly like tariffs)

I just commented something along these lines on another post of the same article. It really feels like we're entering darker times.

Thanks to people idiots voting for populist fascists. It's a problem born from the lack of education and preparation for the internet.

The European Comission is not the only one to blame, since it has limited power on its own. The European Council (of which VDL is also a member) is in large part responsible for delegating the Comission to fulfill various duties such as negotiations with the US, as well as instructing the Comission on the expected results.

That said, any time the European Comission is assigned to any task or receives any power from the Council - it overwhelmingly acts in the best interests of the US, not the EU.

The main problem we're dealing with is that many EU states and institutions are filled with American assets. The system seems fine on paper, but everything goes to shit as soon as several heads of state/government are aligned with our enemies.